Sweets that are out of this world! (Asda Flying Saucers)

Member Name: kaitlinsmummy

Product:	Asda Flying Saucers
Date:	01/07/08 (98 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Low fat and scrummy.

Disadvantages: Quite sour so not to everyones taste.

On my weekly shop I decided to treat my husband to some sweets, he has never really been one for sickly chocolate products but has always had a bit of a penchant for "kiddies" sweets.
I have noticed just recently that asda have started doing a really good range of olde type sweets, that are actually produced by asda, so you get the same quality as the original but for half the price, that's when I came across the product I will now review.

The product I will review are "Asda's flying saucers - sherbet filled wafers".

~~~~~~ THE PACKAGING ~~~~~~

The packaging is a plastic sleeve, sealed at both the top and bottom, with detailing being that of the afore mentioned sweets hovering in a star filled sky with their tractor beams shining onto some unsuspecting town or city......... sorry I suddenly felt like I was going into a book review rather than a sweet review!
Across the front, under the picture is the product name, and under that is a red band stating you can purchase "3 packets for £1.00", I will delve into this a little further into the review.

~~~~~~ THE CONTENTS ~~~~~~

As mentioned before these are top and tail sealed, so open just like a packet of crisps, once opened yo will see the puffed up saucers in all there glory.
There is a distinct smell of what can only be described as cardboard, please don't let that put you of, it is the fact there is no other scent interfering with the sugar paper smell.
Once emptied from the packet you will notice you do get quite a lot for your money, there are around 15 saucers in the pack, that is ¾ of a pack in laymans term.
Each one is coloured, some are entirely the same colour ie, pink on both sides, some are pink on the top disc and blue on the bottom disc, all are no where near as vivid in colour as I remember them being as a child, this is I assume due to the fact there are no artificial colours in this product.
The sweets are "saucer" shaped (obviously), which is not quite a spherical shape, more elongated, they are slightly puffed out to make room for the delicious sherbet centre, and where they have been sealed around the edge, there is a small lip giving the sweet its authentic saucer shape.

~~~~~~ THE TASTE ~~~~~~

As you place a saucer in your mouth, there is no flavour to start with, then as you start to chew the sweet, or in my case suck the sweet, the saucer almost implodes with the air within the sweet disappearing that's when the flavour suddenly hits you.
The sherbet in quantity, is around ½ a teaspoons worth, and is very soft and fine in consistency, it is white in colour and very unassuming to look at it, believe me this stuff is explosive!
The initial taste is very sweet and extremely fizzy, which is fine until the secondary taste hits your tongue........ The taste is very salty and sour and makes you pucker your mouth up instantly, like a particularly sour granny smith apple. I have to be truthful the first time I tried them they made my eyes water, I have always been a fan of the really sour sweets and as a child always went for the acid pips from the "¼" jars at the old fashioned sweet shop located just up the street from my house, so these were perfection to me!

~~~~~~ NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION ~~~~~~

These are obviously going to be high in sugar, due to the high sherbet content, (the packet states the sherbet content overall is 60%), but I was surprised at the fat content, per sweet the typical value is -

5 kcal
Nil protein
1.1g carbohydrate
0.8g of which sugars
Nil fat

That, according to my weight watchers calculator makes these point free on the w.w diet plan. Of course if you eat a bag that will probably bump the points value up, but the whole packet is only around 1 ½ points in total, very impressive!

~~~~~~ PRICE AND AVAILABILITY ~~~~~~

As I mentioned earlier this a brand made by Asda, and as with all Asda own brand sweets there is an ongoing offer of "3 packets for £1.00", other sweets available in this range are -

White chocolate buttons
Milk chocolate buttons
Crunchy alphabet letters
White mice
Jelly milk bottles
Foam toothbrushes and teeth (hours of fun with this one!)

These are all larger than normal packets of sweets, so is exceptional value and we always take up there offer!

~~~~~~ CONCLUSION ~~~~~~

This is where I was going to compare these to the original sweet and say they are better/worse in flavour and quality..... But after getting this far into the review, I can now state that I can't remember the original.
I have tried many different version of this sweet over the years, the original from my hazy memory came in a large plastic tub, by which you bought them at a 1p a time.
All I can say is these are delicious and cheap, and even though I brought them for my husband, I was glad when he said I could have them.

For more information on these and the other products mentioned visit - www.asda.co.uk

Thanks for reading x

Summary: A wonderful old/new sweet!